Call it grody, call it grungy but The Green Room has been a back-alley oasis: Keenan
I have fond memories of this place
How to Read the JFK Assassination Files
Big document dump coming today!
A majority of Torontonians now identify themselves as visible minorities, census shows
Back to the future: Google’s vision for Toronto is straight out of the 19th century
Even if the negotiations fall apart thanks to Google’s demands or the city’s recalcitrance, there’s still good news: the most important parts of Sidewalk’s plans, the parts that would most determine whether the city’s eastern waterfront becomes a livable, green place that could accommodate Toronto’s burgeoning growth, don’t require Google’s impressive piles of money at all. The city could do it on its own — if it actually wants to.
There’s also this article from John Lorinc. The conclusion I’m coming to is that the plans aren’t bad – it’s Google’s involvement that makes them dodgy.
Robots in disguise
Some faves are problematic; others are merely embarrassing. 1986’s Transformers: The Movie may be both, but leans towards the latter.
Toronto’s ‘city of the future’ is being built next to a relic of our past
Hollywood studios join Disney to launch Movies Anywhere digital locker service
Sounds like a good service,
a good ten years too late
In search of the elusive Lawren Harris “Toronto House”
I had no idea Harris painted city life.
“I Hate Everyone in the White House!”: Trump Seethes as Advisers Fear the President Is “Unraveling”
Wow
Being happy is the most subversive thing a woman can be.
Sonos Unveils New Sonos One Smart Speaker, Voice Assistant Integrations, Revamped App, and More
A ‘game-changer’: Jagmeet Singh ‘kicks the door open’ and wins NDP leadership
Singh, who is Sikh, is the first non-white leader of a major federal party in Canada. He is also only the third NDP leader to have been elected on the first ballot, after Tommy Douglas, the party’s first leader, and Jack Layton.
Pretty sure this is the greatest video ever made
•Ottawa to unveil $500-million Netflix deal as part of cultural policy overhaul
The 5 biggest announcements from today’s Amazon hardware event
Nice to see better sound and a built-in hub in the normal Echo (now Echo Plus, but looks the same as the original Echo). The alarm clock Echo looks cool too. But WTF is going on with Game Show Buzzer Echo? Amazon is hilarious. Relentless and sometimes visionary, but all over the place. Like they say yes to everything.
Super Nintendo Classic Edition review: the perfect way to play 16-bit classics
I’ve given up hope of getting one of these and am instead going a nerdier route via ROMs and a Raspberry Pi.
Germany’s Election Results are Troubling — and It’s not just the Rise of the Right
John Judis on how reform of the EU may be impossible now because of the German electoral results
Eric Reid: Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee
A small-screen iPod, an Internet Communicator and a Phone
Horace Dediu on the evolution of the Apple Watch
What the FISA Warrants Against Paul Manafort Tell Us About Mueller’s Investigation | Just Security
First, the probable cause standard required the FBI to provide evidence that Manafort was “knowingly engaging in clandestine intelligence activities” (rather than merely being “an agent of a foreign power”)– in other words, that he wasn’t just acting on behalf of a foreign power, but that he was doing so with full knowledge that what he was doing involved spying. Second, in order to continue monitoring Manafort, the FBI would have been required to check in with the FISA court every 90 days and show that their surveillance had, in fact, produced foreign intelligence information. Only with this continuing, additional evidence would the FISA order be renewed for an additional 90 days at a time.
The best way to end oppression is to very politely ask oppressors to please stop oppressing you. Also, consider getting them a gift certificate for The Cheesecake Factory. Oppressors love The Cheesecake Factory.